“Looking beyond the launch of Santa Rosa next month, Intel on Monday previewed technology expected to turn up in a later refresh to the next-generation mobile platform and also touted a quad-core mobile chip due in 2008,” AppleInsider reports.
AppleInsider reports, “The world’s largest chipmaker said the initial refresh to Santa Rosa will be based on a mobile Penryn processor, a 45-nanometer shrink of its current chip designs. The first of those chips are slated to hit production later this year and turn up in the Santa Rosa refresh during the first half of next year.”
“‘We will be able to take Penryn, the 45-nanometer [chip], and plug it into exactly the same platform [that will ship in May] to enable a fast ramp,’ Intel’s Mooly Eden said at a press conference ahead the company’s Intel Developer Forum conference, which kicks off in Beijing tomorrow,” AppleInsider reports.
AppleInsider reports, “Also on Intel’s roadmap is a quad-core Penryn mobile processor due for release sometime during the 2008 calendar year. It will reportedly be aimed at high-level gaming and mobile workstations, where users are willing to trade battery life for more performance.”
Full article here.
Related articles:
Intel’s Santa Rosa debuts next month, rapid ramp up expected – April 16, 2007
Intel to add memory controllers, reintroduce hyperthreading in 2008’s Nehalem chips – March 28, 2007
RUMOR: Intel’s breakthrough ‘Penryn’ processor family coming six months early – first half 2007 – February 11, 2007
Intel reinvents the transistor – January 28, 2007
Intel announces breakthrough ‘Penryn’ processor family; slated for production in second half 2007 – January 27, 2007
Intel processor breakthrough biggest chip advance in 40 years; coming before year end – January 27, 2007
Intel to announce processor breakthrough; new chips will run faster, consume less power – January 27, 2007
Intel pledges 80-core processor within five years – September 26, 2006
Apple chose well: Anandtech – Intel Core 2 Duo ‘the fastest desktop processor we’ve ever tested’ – July 14, 2006
Apple chose well: Intel poised to take massive lead across the board over AMD – June 07, 2006
Intel first to demonstrate working 45nm chips – January 26, 2006
Intel-based Macs running both Mac OS X and Windows will be good for Apple – June 10, 2005
Apple to use Intel microprocessors beginning in 2006, all Macs to be Intel-based by end of 2007 – June 06, 2005
That’s it, I’m waiting until 2008 for a new Mac.
Perhaps by then Lepoard will be ready and flash based laptops with BlueRay OEM drives.
God I miss the processor wars when we knew it was the right time to buy.
If you keep waiting for the next big thing, you’ll never get anything.
Get a Mac today. Sell it for a good price when you’re ready for the next one. The market for used Macs is very strong.
TowerTone,
The ads are tailored to your browsing habits… cookies and all. I’d be a little more discreet before mentioning my pop-ups were boobies
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Is there anything you honestly need more processing power for? Flash based hard drives might be worth waiting for, but processor speed is 99.9999999% wasted by 99% of users.
Bob- you say that like boobies are a bad thing.
I say boobies all around.
They are baby safe.
Hey, go to engadget ( http://www.engadget.com/ ) and vote for your gadget of the year (and the worst one).
Awwww, I want boobies 🙁
Thanks, TowerTone! Too funny…
Which all just goes to show….Steve Jobs’ decision to go with Intel was a very lucky decision indeed!!
No doubt some are still saying we’d be better off with PPC…or AMD…
I don’t think there are many people waiting for ever for something. This site is by no means a fair representation of Apple community.
I am personally waiting for a next refresh for a simple reason. I just decided I want to switch to Mac and since the last MBP refresh was 6 months ago and they refresh it every … 6 months on average and teh Santa Rosa is comming out in early May so… what would you do if you were me? Buy a Mac today anyway? I don’t think so.
NOOOO!
STOP IT!
I don’t have enough money to keep up!
@ One guy: same here, i was waiting for Leopard and an update for MBP, now i can’t wait for the MBP, i’ll buy Leopard in october
“…but processor speed is 99.9999999% wasted by 99% of users.”
Not this user.
I run a program called Increase which is very “nice” (Unix speak for a program with low processor priority) that uses Stanford Universities Folding@Home (not a link) to solve causes of diseases.
Increase is very customizable to run the F@H client when I’m not using the computer, logged out, or not during heavy duty apps or just the spare cycles so it really doesn’t interfere with anything.
Folding isn’t recommended for laptops because of heat, unless it’s one you don’t care about or willing to run 24/7 online.
But if you have a PS3, desktop, PC whatever, check out Team Mac OS X 1971 (currently #10 in the world) for details and further info.
It’s really easy and the very life you may be saving could be your own someday.
My bad, the Team Mac is now #9th in the world.
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http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=1971
I’m hoping that this will allow me to level up faster in WOW.
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Steve Jobs’ decision to go with Intel was a very lucky decision indeed
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Huh? Moron. You mean smart, right?
Steve Jobs’ decision to go with Intel was a very lucky decision indeed
Luck had nothing to do with it. It was all neccessity.
Apple has to go after Microsoft.
Apple’s market share was getting so small that it wasn’t worth IBM’s effort to compete in the PC market space anymore, computers or processors.
Sure IBM would make a cool G5 chip, for a price from Apple, which didn’t have the cash at the time.
So IBM sold off their PC division and decided to make processors for the larger game and server markets.
I sit next to my PS3 which has a processor with 9 cores in it, (9x more powerful than my iMac G5). It has a a BlueRay drive, networking, web browser and 60Gb hard drive for only $600.
I can put music, photo’s, video and message people with it, almost like a computer. I can even install a alternate OS!
Sure it’s not a Mac, it doesn’t have the great software etc., but it’s getting very close to being one.
Is WiseGuy the old MacDude?
..sorry, just can’t keep up with his many avatars that descend upon us and spew about:
1) The wonderful IBM processors
2) Trusted Computing
3) Apple is “THIS” close to oblivion if they’re not careful.
sweet cant wait to get some of these
Sweeeeeet, I’m aiming for early 2009 for my MacBook. They should have any bugs ironed out by then!
This is good news! You can bet Apple has machines in the pipeline waiting for updated processors. MacBook Pros (PowerBooks) have generally been updated every 9 months or so. So, we’re due!
For my immediate needs, I don’t really care about Leopard right. I’ll get when 10.5.1 is out. But, I absolutely need a faster machine. I bought the last Rev. PowerBook G4 to wait out the Intel transition. The poor old thing has been struggling lately. Now that Photoshop is out, there are no more excuses. I’m ready to go!
I’m still waiting for the chips that cook me dinner, give me a BJ, and makes up my bed in the morning.
Oh wait, they call that a “wife”. Sorry, forgot about those.
Now, when Leopard has been delayed I am not waiting for it anymore. Just give me a refreshed MBP and I’m in.
MW: “Spring” – no kidding, how ironic.
Buy a new Penryn Mac for mucho dinero in 2008 or wait till prices fall on the old Core 2 Duos and save some cash. Decisions, decisions.
TowerTone..
Don’t worry, the shameless attempt to ninja your name was far to obvious to be very effective.. lol
Biggotry indeed. Try using your own name next time, retard.